The Washington critic., 1887-03-19
The abarger System OF Trans
pOrtatiOn
Tie Ordinary Cattle Car.


The Chicago Stock Reporter thus de-
sciibes shipments in the ordinary livestock
car in generals "There is great cruelty in
transportation. Cars are terribly crowded
Az animals are carried great distances
without food or water. The result Is that
they are taken out at Chicago with brlisc3
ard wounds, legs and horns broken, many
Of them dead, and more almost dcad.n
The results OF such shipments are partic-
ularlzed as follows:
Payton Williams, esq, OF Palo Alto
County, Iowa, In writing on this subject,
Gays: SIN April, 1881, | shipped in two
special trains to Chicago 3I2 head OF cattle.
The distance is about 4S0 miles. The cattle
went through in forty hours. They were
all good cOrn-fcd cattle, averaging over
fourteen hundred pounds per head. None
OF them died, but they lost In shrinkago
| lls per cent. of the weight when shipped.
| This is not an unusual shrinkage.r
William ID. Lehman Of Lehman e Bros,
Baltimore, Md, stated that ''of lot Of
| sixteen carloads Of cattle, twelve died on
the way from exhaustion and want of at
| tentlon.h
Now look at the results OF shipment in
Shellabarger car, as described by Major
| Il. B. Hill Of Culpeper, Va;
81 take pleasure In stating that on the
@lst Of October, 1856, shipped from Gull
| peper, Va, In the Shellabarger livestock
| Car No. II, sixteen head OF cattle, con-
signed to the Calverton Stock Yards, Balti-
more. l witnessed the loading OF the
cattle, and certify that they were comforta-
bly, stalled In less than twelve minutes.
| They remained Ia the car from the time OF
shipment, on the morning Of the 2lst of
| October, until 5 p. m. Tuesday, the 2Gth.
During the greater portion Of that time they
were detained In Washington for public
inspection, and when unloaded they Were
In excellent condition. Instead of the
| usual loss Of mn 10 scrcRty.frc pD,uids pcr
| htdd consequent upon shipment In the or
'dinary stock car during the twelve hours
Journey from Culpeper to Baltimore, n,y
| cattle lost jm an Insignificant dDlOlnt III
| woigM utc' being il, yo,r car fUe days md
| .tOuT nights. Because Of their Spicn,iid con-
di,ion, being entirely free from bruises,
wounds, and injuries incident to shipment
in the common stock cars, my cdttio brOugtt
hc highest prices paid during he wcck.
| "ConsideriDg the advanced price | re.
ceivcd, and the saving In weight as com
pared with the usual shrinkage, / consider
that ! madc profit Orcr and dJOrc whH
wouhd hare ia an ordinary hipmcat Of dt
least scrnty:frc dollars, an item Of cpy MT
tcidL WtUcst 10 tic simmer.
"lhe Shellabarger Live Stock Car pre-
sents the safest and most economical
method OF shipping cattle that have ever
seen. Too much cannot be said in its
| praise.h
Are the railroads willing to take any steps
toward alleviatlng the horrors aud loss, oi
the present system? Read the following:
In his report to the American Humane As
socation at its annual convention held al
Cincinnati, Ohio, November II to 10, 1886
President Gordon. after making favoiabl,
mention Of the Shellabarger Car, says: "Tht
railroads are ready and sometimes eager Il
adopt the right car when II is presented
and seem quite alive to the necessities of tht
case.n
In another place he states: "There Il
reason to expect that before another meet
ing of this association four or FIVE tIunl
lines Of railroad will adopt one or more o
the most suitable improved cars"
Read What Practical Men Say of til,
shellabarger Stock Car.
From j. Il. Godddrd, Esq, Genera, Fcigh
| agent, 4. r. If 5. +. II. Il.
sits adaptability for shipping all kinds o
merchandise, as well as live stock, render
1t ho only compartment stock car have ye
seen that we could use"
From Henry u. Stone, Esq, General Stpe,
mtendem Of The O., y. c Q. Il. II,
"Its simplicity and economy of con
struction, and general adaptabillty for al
classes OF shipments, as well as live stock
commend 1t to the attention OF railroad me
In preference to anything have seen in tn
shape OF compartment stock carr